2009 NORTH DAKOTA STATE FFA
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE EVENT
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1.
When a Division of the Assembly is called, the vote must be taken again by:
A. secret ballot
B. voice
C. raising hands
D. rising
2.
Which is true about a motion to Lay on the Table?
A. No second required
C. May interrupt the speaker who has the floor
B. Debatable
D. Cannot be amended
3.
An applied amendment to the privileged motion to Recess is undebatable:
A. True
B. False
4.
Call for the Orders of the Day is used to:
A. Secures adherence to the order of business
C. Find out the orders of business
B. Permits urgent requests
D. Before any debate on the motion
5.
If the motion to Postpone Definitely is adopted, what happens to the pending main motion?
A. It defers action on a pending motion to a set time
B. It is killed and cannot be introduced again to this organization
C. It is available to a committee for consideration and reintroduction
D. It is brought back up as new business at the next meeting
6.
The primary purpose of Adjourn is to:
A. Delay action on a motion
C. Take a break from business
7.
B. End the meeting
D. Set a time for continuation of the current meeting
During which of the following is a gavel not rapped once.
A. After a vote
B. Signal a recess
C. Call Meeting to order
D. Slight breach of order occurs
8.
A tie vote on the motion would mean that the motion: (assume the president has voted)
A. Is adopted
B. Is Lost
C. Must be voted upon again
D. Must be open for debate again
9.
Which motion is amendable?
A. Division of a Question
B. Adjourn
C. Appeal
D. Previous Question
10.
If the chair appoints a committee, who determines its chairman?
A. The members of the assembly
B. The members of the committee
C. The chairman who appointed the committee
D. The Vice-President who is in charge of committees
11.
Incidental motions must be acted upon before main motions can be considered
A. True
B. False
12.
Which of the following voting results could adopt a motion to Limit Debate.
A. 18 for, 22 against B. 20 for, 20 against
C. 21 for and 19 against
13.
If there are 54 votes cast, how many votes determines a majority?
A.10
B. 27
C. 28
D. 36
D. 27 for, 13 against
14.
Preference in recognition should be given to a team member who may not have been first to rise and address the chair if the:
A. team member who made the motion has not debated on the motion
B. team member seeking the floor has not already spoken on the same motion
C. chair knows the opinions of team members seeking the floor, then the assignment should alternate between those favoring
and those opposing the motion
D. All of the Above
E. None of the Above
15.
On the motion to Appeal, a tie vote means:
A. The motion passes
C. The Appeal is sustained
B. The decision of the chair is sustained
D. The Appeal is tied, no decision can be made
16.
Which of the following is not true regarding the rules of debate:
A. Member may not speak against their own motion
B. No team member can debate more than twice on the same motion
C. All debate must relate to the subject
D. The chair can interrupt a member at anytime
E. Any of the above
17.
A member who has the floor may be interrupted by:
A. Main Motion
B. A Recess
C. An Appeal
D. Previous Question
A Recess may be taken for:
A. Counting Ballots
B. Eating
D. All of these
18.
19.
After a motion has been passed, a request to Withdraw it may be granted to anyone by the presiding officer without
voting.
A. True
20.
C. Taking a time out
B. False
This is not the primary purpose of an Amendment.
A. Change the main purpose of the main motion
C. Improve the wording of the main motion
B. Modify the original motion
D. Change the motion so it has a better chance to be passed
21.
The Motion to “Lay on the Table”:
A. Does not set a time for taking up the matter again B. Does not require a second
C. Can be amended as to when it will come off the table
D. Kills the motion and avoids a direct vote on it
22.
When a motion is postponed to a definite time while an amendment is pending, what happens to the amendment?
A. Automatically adopted
B. Tabled
C. Lost
D. Also Postponed
23.
Which motion enables the assembly to bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on?
A. Rescind
B. Take from the Table
C. Reconsider
D. Postpone Definitely
24.
An Amendment:
A. Needs consent from the maker of the Main Motion
B. May not be amended
C. May be debatable
D. Requires a 2/3 vote to be adopted
25.
Which of the following is not included in the minutes?
A. Main Motions
C. Subsidiary motions
B. Names of members who make motions
D. Debate of members
2009 ND STATE FFA
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE EVENT
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. D
17. C
18. E
19. B
20. A
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. C
25. D